Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
2004
Center/Program
Center for Contract and Economic Organization
Abstract
This paper is an empirical and analytical investigation of priority in construction lending. It rests on a substantial set of interviews with construction lenders and borrowers. Generally, it argues that construction lenders are better placed than mechanic's lien claimants to implement procedures that limit the risk of borrower defalcation. Accordingly, it recommends a reversal of the ordinary rule of priority, which permits construction lenders to have priority over mechanic's lien claimants. A reversal of the rule of priority will more effectively police borrower defalcation.
Recommended Citation
Ronald J. Mann,
The First Shall Be Last: A Contextual Argument for Abandoning Temporal Rules of Lien Priority,
Texas Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 11-49, November 1996; U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. #
(2004).
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